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TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to the
Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Pated 8th October 1820. O
(Received Colonial Office 12.50 p.50030
IREC
Your telegram 15th Junctioù£à 20k)
1,080,787 dollars 56 cents exclusive of amount
LEKU
invested in warloan by Crown Agents but subject to
many deductions (b) 2,059,000 dollars excluding share
of Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation in
register London/includes shares on which contingent liens
are claimed (c) 296 1,233,085 dollars 47 centa ex- cluding claims of Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Cor- poration and several claims of Insurance Companies
297 nil (d) Bank Balance and deposits 356,578 dollars
27 cents other debts 47,075 dollars 13 cents some
balanees have been permitted to be drawn on since
returns were compiled some are subject to contingent
liens in certain cases interest has not been credited from various dates (e) 3,059,820 dollars includes
debt due to enemy nationals belonging to solvent and
insolvent firms and debt due to non-enemy creditors
in insolvent firms also includes large amount
believed to have been paid since by non-enemy
partners.
STUBBS.
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